Today’s post is about beauty, because April is beautiful around here. Color and light is a source of inspiration for paintings. (Detail and light inspires my pencil drawings.) On my way down to work at the Mural Gallery I stopped in the usual turnout for a photo of the lake. On the way home, I […]
My Favorite Things (as in Subject Matter)
When I started my art business, I named it “Cabin Art”, or perhaps “Cabinart*”, because my favorite subject matter was architecture, mostly cabins. As my skill and confidence grew, my favorite subject to draw (and eventually paint) was the Oak Grove Bridge. During a particularly wet winter after several dry ones, I became enamored with […]
This and That: Wandering Around Three Rivers
There is an excellent museum in Three Rivers, and parked in front are some old fire trucks plus this tow truck. I had to wait for a couple of friends stuck at one of the many ongoing lengthy roadblocks, so I wandered around with my inferior phone camera. On a recent walk, I took this […]
Mental Acrobatics While Painting
A good friend, mentor, and wise man asked me if I have a relationship with my paintings. I wasn’t sure what he was seeking, so I just told him what goes through my mind while painting. Then I looked at the email conversation and thought, “Hmmm, this might be an interesting blog post”. When I […]
Walking in Nice Places
Let’s just enjoy some photos today, no chitchat about going to town, no stressing over prices, no struggling with plein air painting. Another walk, another lake, in another town.
A Walk on the Lake Bottom
Trail Guy and I went to Lake Kaweah— “The Lake” —for a walk. It was a crystal clear day. Stay tuned! I might do some painting here soon with my friend Krista who needs to do a few examples of plein air painting in order to qualify for a job. Like me she is a […]
Walking in Three Rivers
Walking isn’t as easy as it used to be. I walk shorter distances more slowly than I used to, wearing Crocs instead of these shoes, which I now have listed on eBay. Until the time change, my friend and I walked in the dark. Sometimes it felt adventuresome, as if we were getting away with […]
Assorted Photos with Chit-Chat
If you look in the shadows between (and beyond) the 2 chairs, you might be able to discern a doe with 2 fawns, probably born that very day. While getting gas at the Four-way (local vernacular for an important intersection), I snapped this photo. Barns this classic and oak trees this majestic, quercus lobata, are […]
First Mineral King Stay of 2024
On the drive up the hill, I was just astonished by the abundance of yellow flowers, particularly bush poppies, covering the areas that burned in 2021. There were also blazing stars, common madia, flannel bush, and monkey flowers, all yellow. There were some other colors too, but yellow dominated. I have been working on a […]
Compiling and Amalgamating
Sometimes I see a beautiful scene that just can’t be captured with a single photograph. The light is wrong so the colors come out weird, or there are branches obstructing important views. So, I take as many photos as possible and then put them together in a rough manner using Photoshop Junior. (Photoshop Elements is […]